Just think coming home and the air smells fresh, the air is evenly tempered from your feet to your head in every room and I mean every room basement included. So little dust my wife and I are considering getting rid of our cleaner.

We see it everyday, and most of us don’t think twice about it. But why exactly do we do it? It’s not actually to counteract the cold draught from the window, as it may seem but still, it is becoming an outdated practice.

We see it everyday, and most of us don’t think twice about it. But why exactly do we do it? It’s not actually to counteract the cold draught from the window, as it may seem but still, it is becoming an outdated practice.

This is the time of year we revisit our attics and feel that harsh chill of the outdoors in our own home. But is it problematic for your attic to be cold? Not necessarily. Alternatively, your attic may feel like sauna, and that is a problem.

One of the best ways to heat a passive home is staring you right in the face every day. It makes your car too hot to sit in on summer days, and heats a lakes water to the perfect temperature for a dip.

Last week, we outlined the positive ways the Coanda effect can be used in your Passively styled home. Now we will outline the drawbacks of how uncomfortable the Coanda effect can be in a regular house.

The Coanda Effect is the habit of moving air to stick to an unobstructed surface as it flows outwards. The wings of an airplane depend on this support to keep them in the sky. Passive home builders implement this effect to properly ventilate the rooms of a home.

Now that it’s getting cold out, it becomes increasingly apparent that we need more Passive housing in Canada. Once we turn our clocks back and the darkness comes even earlier in the day, it seems like it is synchronized with the cold Canadian winters.